Famous People of the Middle East and Africa. Directions: 1.You will be divided into groups of 4. 2.One person from each group will take a turn at identifying.
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Famous Peopleof the
Middle East and
Africa
Directions:
1.You will be divided into groups of 4.
2.One person from each group will take a turn at identifying the person in the picture.
3.Each person in the group is responsible for taking a turn identifying the picture.
Founder of Islam
Mohammed
Abraham
President of Egypt( 1954 – 1970)
Constructed the Aswan High Dam
Known as the Magnificent
Suleiman I
Last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Shi´ite that took control of Iran in 1979
This King of BabylonResponsible for a code of
laws
Hammaruabi
Modernized Turkeygiven the name “Ataturk”
First woman to become Pharaoh/Ruler of Ancient Egypt
Led peaceful protests against apartheid in South Africa.
Won the Nobel Peace Prize 1993
President of EgyptSigned peace treaty with Israel
First leader of the PLO in Israel
Ruler of Songhai Empire
Sundiata
First Prime Minister of Ghana
Queen of Zaria
Ethiopian skier that competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics
Diplomat from Cote d Ivore �
King of Belgium Created Congo Free State. Under his rule Africans were enslaved and tortured. Over
1,000,000 Africans died under his rule.
President of South Africa(1989-1994)
Ended apartheid
First Black African (Nigeria) to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in
literature
King of the Kongo 1526Protested the treatment of his people by Portuguese traders
Led peaceful protests for India’s independence from Great Britain
Wife of King Ramses II and Queen of Egypt
Civil Rights activist, historian, scholar, and Pan Africanist
Became a citizen of Ghana in 1963 at the age of 95
President of Angola
Jose dos Santos
Ruler of the Zulu Empire
Shaka Zulu
Nigerian novelist wrote ‘In the Shadow of War”
Ben Okri
Name given to the ruler of the Persian Empire
Darius I
Son and ruler of the Persian Empire upon the death of
“Darius the Great “
Xerxes I
“Father of the Iranian nation", he was the
first world leader to be referred to as “The Great”. He founded the Persian Empire
Cyrus the Great
In 2004 he made the hotel he managed in Rwanda into a refugee camp saving
hundreds of Tutsi from being massacred.
Paul Rusesabogina
First female Prime Minister of Turkey
Tansu Ciller
Suez Canal was built during his reign ad Sultan of Egypt
Ismail Pasha
Overthrew President Mobutu of Zaire in 1997 and renamed the country the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Laurent-Desire Kabila
Professor, Environmentalist, and Human Rights Activist in Kenya
Wangari Maathai
Ruler of Babylon
Nebuchadnezzar II
First Women Prime Minister of Israel
Golda Meir
Became the Queen of Egypt in 51 BC
Cleopatra
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